I lived in Long Beach in ther early 80's the years right after this film portrays and used to go to this place called Fender's International Grand Ballroom, which was a shity square room a stage in it and an alley off to the side that you just did not fucking walk though, because you would get the shit kicked out of you and have everything you had taken. Fact.

The cops would line up across the street from the place in the Holiday in parking lot and just wait for fights to break out. See in that time and in that place there were 3 or 4 rival punk rock gangs that wouold all go there so they could fight inside. security would leave them alone because they would get the shit kicked out them if they didn't.
that sceen was insane. I was 12 - 17 years old when I would go to Fenders and the Olympic in LA an a shit load of other places. none as bad as Fenders though.
They burned the buliding down and now the most dangerous club at one time in Los Angeles county is now condos with store fronts and the area is a nice place to live.

Already got the Chuck one. It was kind of a let down because he told some of the same stories when I went to the book signing a couple weeks later. But at least I got an autographed copy from this site!!!

I just watched a three part series on the Congo from the BBC, that was GREAT. I still have to watch the Nova Elegant Universe special that I downloaded, I saw about an hour of that. It kept me very intrigued but put my fiance to sleep.

Fahrenheit 9/11 was great along with Bowling for Columbine. I can't believe people would vote for that guy after seeing that movie.

I like learning about stuff, I think biographies are pretty boring except for VH1's behind the music.

a note - i'm fond of them, but the moore films are only borderline documentaries at times.

also: i am trying to break your heart, the wilco doc, is neat-o

Yes to both of those. You know that scene where Wilco is playing that large show in Chicago? I was there that day of the show but I didn't go because some friends of my brother's hadn't heard of them. I think my brother and I were the only ones curious to check out the show. I hadn't heard any Wilco at that time yet. That's a cool place to catch free shows, although a lot of the acts suck.

first time i ever saw wilco was when i was about 17, at brown spring weekend, for $7 on a bill with blackstar. they played outside on the quad, and all the trees were in bloom, and jay bennett was still there, obviously, and you couldn't make a more perfect concert if you tried.

first time i ever saw wilco was when i was about 17, at brown spring weekend, for $7 on a bill with blackstar. they played outside on the quad, and all the trees were in bloom, and jay bennett was still there, obviously, and you couldn't make a more perfect concert if you tried.

do it, if you can, but the prices are getting so high b/c they're so popular... they played the wang center w/ the fiery furnaces - bad venue for the latter which is a really good band, btw - and it was about $50 or something. i actually opted not to go, until the night of, and someone at work had tickets to give away, so i did go, but for free. i would've felt bad missing it, but christ, man - 7 - 50 is a hell of a compromise. always a gorgeous set though.

do it, if you can, but the prices are getting so high b/c they're so popular... they played the wang center w/ the fiery furnaces - bad venue for the latter which is a really good band, btw - and it was about $50 or something. i actually opted not to go, until the night of, and someone at work had tickets to give away, so i did go, but for free. i would've felt bad missing it, but christ, man - 7 - 50 is a hell of a compromise. always a gorgeous set though.

I ended up not going when they were in town. No good reason, either: I had time to get tickets but never bothered. I've missed quite a few shows that I was psyched about but never bothered getting tickets for and didn't feel bad about it. Something's wrong there.

As a Wisconsin boy yourself, I'm surprised you haven't supported a fellow cheeser and seen this flick. Now get out there and rent it!

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I'm curious about American Movie. My brother saw it and thought it was ok, but then again my brother's not the best guy to ask for advice when it comes to movies.

It's really low budget and a bit slow moving in parts, but I found it endearing and if you're interested in making movies yourself or have a dream of any sort, you can relate to it. I thought one of the guys in the movie, a stoner named Mike Shank, was also pretty funny.

_Lost in La Mancha_ (2002)
A doc about filmmaker Terry Gilliam’s non-success to get his vision of _Don Quixote_ to the big screen. Entirely, to me, depressing that one of the few people left with a vision can’t get any funding, but twats like, say, Spielberg can immediately generate untold millions toward a project based on, for example, a cat farting.

And while it could have been done a lot better, Ken Burns’ _Jazz_ (2001) is essential stuff.
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I don't think band music videos should count as documentaries, except if they are like RHCP - Funky Monks.

I saw the tens mins of the corporation so far and it looks very interesting, but I can tell it will piss me off, in the good society sucks pissed off kind of way.

Super Size Me did that, I am going to ween myself off of fast food as much as possible. I already weened myself off of soda(except where liquor is involved!!!!!). I'm now trying to kick high fructose corn syrup, but that shit is EVERYWHERE. I've been told that your body doesn't process that shit.

I started watching Roger and Me last night so far I like it, then a quarter of the way through it my fiance needed to watch that shitty American Idol show. It's kinda funny I love documentaries but fucking hate reality tv shows. Anyone notice that 90% of the women on Fear Factor are big titted skimpy clothes wearing bimbos, in the name of ratings? Sorry for ranting.

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